HAMMERFALL - Oscar Dronjak

25 September 2006

"I try not to lose the excitement of what we're doing, which is living our dream." Oscar Fredrick Dronjak - guitarist, backing vocalist, main songwriter and sole remaining original member of HammerFall - presents "Threshold" . This sixth full-length studio album by...

UNEARTH - Buz McGrath

28 August 2006

"I don't know if I'd say we're one of the biggest metal bands in America, but we're trying to be and we're getting there." Guitar player Buz McGrath presents "III: In The Eyes of Fire" - the brand-new, fourth album by the American metalcore...

BLIND GUARDIAN - Marcus Siepen

21 August 2006

"I think "A Twist in the Myth" is a perfect bridge between the past and the present of Blind Guardian." A blitz-interview with Blind Guardian 's rhythm guitarist Marcus Siepen about the release of the German metal quartet's brand-new studio album "A Twist...

ARCH ENEMY - Michael Amott

14 August 2006

"Arch Enemy has been growing and growing and it has become a really big thing for us." Swedish extreme metal guitar virtuoso Michael Amott , known for being the main figure in the melodic deathsters Arch Enemy and the stoner rockers Spiritual Beggars , as well as a former member...

FEAR FACTORY - Raymond Herrera

11 August 2006

"We have to try to make it to Bulgaria again, however with a different promoter." Fear Factory were supposed to perform their first ever show in Bulgaria on August 11, 2006. Unfortunately, less than aВ day before the concert it turned out it won't happen... So Tangra Mega...

TWISTED SISTER - Jay Jay French

10 August 2006

"I was one of many guitar players who auditioned for Kiss, but they didn't even have a name yet back then!" Twisted Sister founding member and guitar player John French, better known as Jay Jay French , spoke to all Tangra Mega Rock readers and listeners two weeks before his...

NEVERMORE - Warrel Dane

04 August 2006

"I hope we never get to the point where people say, "Hm, just another Nevermore record."" Warrel Dane , vocalist of Seattle-based progressive thrash metal masters Nevermore , checks in from Germany, right before the band's performance at the 2006 edition of the Wacken...

HOLY MOSES - Sabina Classen

04 August 2006

Directly from the Wacken Open Air in Germany! Vassil Varbanov: Hello Sabina, how are you? Sabina Classen: Hello, I'm really great! Greetings to Tangra Mega Rock Radio in Bulgaria! V. V.: What's the vibe up there in Germany, at the Wacken Open Air? S. C.: It's amazing,...

DEREK SHERINIAN

10 July 2006

"Everyone feels when it's summer, that's why "In the Summertime" is such a great song." Two days before his concert in Kavarna, Bulgaria as part of Billy Idol 's group, we got Californian keyboard virtuoso Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Alice Cooper,...

VOIVOD - Michel "Away" Langevin

30 May 2006

"It sounded really empty in the studio, because I'm used to see Piggy across the window when I track my drums... " "Katorz" , the fourteenth official release by the Canadian progressive thrash metal legends Voivod , shall see the light of day in July 2006 via Nuclear...